Where does “پیش‌غذا” come from?

پیش‌غذا (Persian) comes from Persian غذا, from Arabic غِذَاء — nourishment, sustenance, aliment, nutrition, food.

پیش‌غذا (Persian): appetizer start of a meal

Definitions

  1. appetizer start of a meal

Ancestry of “پیش‌غذا”, step by step

پیش‌غذا traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian غذا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianغذاfood; meal
2Arabicغِذَاءnourishment, sustenance, aliment, nutrition, food

via Persian پیش

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianپیشago; before
Every word from Arabic غِذَاء →Every word from Persian غذا →